Newspapers / Meredith College Student Newspaper / Oct. 25, 1979, edition 1 / Page 3
Part of Meredith College Student Newspaper / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
OCTOBER 25, 1979 THE TWIG PAGES News around campus Music Faculty to perform by Kelley Stone Mer^ith’s Department of Music and the Performing Arts is always proud of its representation at various performances and contests across North Carolina and the U.S. This month is no ex ception in that it finds one faculty member and two students hard at work on performances beyond the call of duty. Mrs. Brenda Windham, a piano and harpsichord teacher in her first year at Meredith, will be playing a solo performance with the North Carolina Symphony on October 18 and October 23 in Enfield and Whiteville, N.C. Mrs. Windham will play a triple concerto by Bach with two other soloists, flutist Barbara Fecteau and violinist Michael Ma. This is the same solo combination as in Bach’s familiar Bradenburg Con certo No. 5. News from Religion Dept. by Kelley Stmie The first meeting of the Freeman Religion Club was held on Tuesday, Oct. 2 in the Alumnae House. Dr. Elmo Scoggins from Southeastern Seminary, who was the guest speaker, presented an in teresting slide show on Palestine and his involvement with archeological digs. New members of the Student Advisory Committee for the Religion Department were elected at the end of the meeting. They are Cindy Carter, Cathy Clapp, Marie Hiott, Kelly Lennon, Margie Snell, Felicia Stewart and Kelley Stone. Miss Beth Mackie, Dr. Bernard Cochran, and Dr, Roger Crook attended a meeting of Teachers of Religion and Philosophy, Chaplains and Campus Ministers of North Carolina Baptist Colleges and Universities held at Mars HiU College on Oct. 5-6. Upcoming recitals Sunday, November 4, Brenda Windham, Faculty, Harpsichord Recital, Car- swell Recital Hall, 8:00 P.M. Monday, November 5, Tom Lohr, Faculty Piano Recital, Carswell Recital Hall, 8:00 P.M. Tuesday, November 6, Ned Gardner and Richard Reid, Guest Trumpet and Piano Recital, 8:00 P.M. Carswell Recital Hall. Coriseryiettoirv CjipS by Cindy Rinker Many people don’t realize the resources for relaxation, recreation, and even study that a state park has to offer. Case in point - the William B. Umstead State Park located in northwest Raleigh on high way U.S. 70. The shaded solitude of the park offers a background for unwinding and relaxation not easily found in a people- crowded environment. It’s a stretch out-and-lean back kind of place, whether on the forest floor, or on a bench subtly placed. Recreationally speaking, the park offers space - 52,000-f acres of space - for hikers, frisbee-ers, and joggers alike. The same trails used by joggers and hikers are also a source of information for the student, or the botanist, in that they are nature trails. The trails are there to meander through to enjoy! Umstead State Park is open to the public from 8:00 A.M. until 6:00 P.M., seven days a week, at no charge. Discover Umstead! For more information, call the park at 787-3033 or 782-8915. Take a walk on the wild side - for a change! Alice in Wonderland; A Meredith Tradition Production stars faculty by Kelley Stone During the month of February, 1980, the Meredith campus will witness an event which occurs once every four years. The faculty will be presenting its version of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland “to students and alumnae for their mutual bewilderment.” The first program in 1924 contained the following in vitation: “Come back to childhood with Alice and her queer comrads in Won derland: The Faculty! If you will but let the graceful (?) and gracious fairies wave the wand of make-believe over you, you too may enter a wood in Wonderland. In this country of contraries you will see and hear many strange things, including a learned Ph.D. who smashes the rules of gram mar ... here, also, in delightful confusion, are to be found stately personage of the court, and amusing animals., sights not otherwhse seen around our campus.” The TWIG will carry a full-length feature article on the history of this entertaining tradition early in the spring semester. Have A Creo4 Dr. Kurtz joins Language Dept. by Jackie Duong To most of us at Meredith, the Iranian Revolution might have sounded far-off, but not to one of our faculty members. She is the new Associate Professor and Chairman of Foreign Language Depart ment, Dr. Anne White Kurtz. Dr. Kurtz fortunately was able to leave on the last military flight out of Tehran where she had taught French and European literature at Damavand College. A native of Massachusetts, she graduated from Wellesley College at Wellesley, Massachusetts and received her MA and PH.D. in foreign language at the University of Maryland in College Park. She achieved the Natalie Wipplinger Prize in German, was initiated into Phi Kappa Phi and was awarded the Fulbright Grant in June 1%5. She speaks Japanese and Spanish fairly well, besides German and French. She is also a beginner in Farsi, the Iranian official language. For the past years. Dr. Kurtz has held various teaching positions in different countries. She went to Ger many in summer of 1965 and taught in Japan from May 1%7 to Sept. 1970. She also lived in Ireland„where she taught from 1971 to 1974. Iran was her favorite foreign residence. Dr. Kurtz has travelled extensively, visiting Alaska, Mexico, Austria, Greece, Afghanistan, and Thailand. Discussii^ her experience with living in foreign coun tries, Dr. Kurtz supports that knowing the native language is a matter of surviving. When asked how ' she became interested in foreign language, she answered, “I was bom that way.” She took Latin and French in junior high school. By the time she went to college, she could Dr. Anne Kurtz speak French proficiently. She took German in her first year, and decided to major in it. Her most thrilling ex perience occurred when she studied Spanish poetry with a Spanish poet. She relates, “I felt as U he was spealdng directly to me.” Although Dr. Kurtz took Farsi and Japanese out of necessity, she was very pleased with her achievement. She explained, “It opened a whole new world in the study and the philosophy of characters,” To her, these languages (Farsi and Japanese), expressed “the Wisdom of the Orient.” Medieval history is one of her many interests. She adores the unsophisticated literature and the naivetd of the people. “It was the. emerging of western culture; the beginning of Europe,” she adds. According to her, Meredith has a “promising and unlimited future,” and the student body helps to ensure its future. She also states, “the faculty is superb, - dedicated, and more unique than any other place where I have taught in the world.” For the department. Dr. Kurtz plans to have a lecture series, foreign films, and opportunities for study abroad. This summer she plans to take a group to Paris for four weeks. She also hopes to encourage more students to become foreign language majors, and to establish better communication bet ween foreign and native students. Her ultimate dream is to establish a facility which will enable students to practice foreign language in a language lab. ; When asked what advice she has for foreign language majors, she suggests that they listen to tapes, records, and the news. She also recom mends that they read as many periodicals as possible. Dr. Kurtz acknowledges that the most important advice is to encourage foreign language students to get a feeling for how different people react. Students and faculty run in marathon The horn sounded, proclaiming the start of Meredith’s second annual 2 mile run. The run, sponsored by SGA and MRA, is part of the fitness program outlined for the Meredith community. Over 50 runners representing the student body, faculty, and Resident Advisor shares talents with students by Kim Denton There is a very interesting person on the Meredith campus who is very interested in you. She was born of French parents and is the first generation of her family to be born in the United States. She will have been at Meredith College for four years when the class of 1980 graduates. Who is she? Mrs. Madeline Teetsell, resident advisor in Faircloth. Mrs. Teetsell is very interested in the students at Meredith. She believes that, “In giving, we gain,” and lives up to this idea. She en joys helping students learn to make things on their own, especially crocheted items. .Mrs. T. remarked “By making things you save money and give a little of yourself.” She also enjoys teaching yoga, which is good exercise for the body in various ways. She comments, “Besides crafts you also need to exercise and diet properly. This is preventive medicine for the body.” In addition to her responsibility as resident advisor in Faircloth, Mrs. T. also visits the Women’s Department of Correction two days a week. At the Correc tional Center she holds classess on yoga and slim- nastics. You have probably guessed by now that Mrs. T. leads a very active and rewarding life. If you don’t know her you should make an effort to meet her because she is a very interesting person. Visit her in Faircloth some time and learn how to make an afghan or how to exercise. staff quickly formed a tight pack, followed by a short tail of latecomers who had missed the start of the race. By the end of the first mile, the leaders were well-established. Julie Giles, with a time of 13:12, crossed the finish line first, winning a Nike athletic bag. Thirty seconds later Cindy Castleberry arrived, thereby earning a runner’s logbook. Within 45 seconds Dr. Cochran sailed in with Pam Gerace 1-lOOth of a second behind. Since faculty and staff ran sheerly for pleasure, Pam claimed the blue Puma T-shirt for third place. All prizes were generously donated by Second Sole and Oxford Sporting Goods. However, to help all runners remember the race, participants could purchase a T-shirt designed for this oc- casi(Hi by Teresa Parker.
Meredith College Student Newspaper
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Oct. 25, 1979, edition 1
3
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75